International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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Aucella Keyserling 1846, Wiss. Beobacht. Petschora-Land: 297-301, pl. 16 (a junior objective synonym of Buchia Rouillier 1845). Opinion 492
AUCELLIDAE Lahusen 1897, Paleozoomorpha: 351 (type genus: Aucella Keyserling 1846) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 492
Auchenia Thunberg 1792, Nova Acta Upsala, 5: 95, 116 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1382
aucta Fallén 1817 [originally in Cephalops], Dipt. suec., 1 (Syrphici) (6): 61 (specific name of the type species of Verrallia Mik 1899) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 597
Audinetella Spinola 1850, Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degli insetti arthrodignati Hemiptera Linn., Latr. Rhyngota Fabr., Rhynchota Burm., p. 86 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1742
audouinianus Gervais 1837 [originally in Platyulus], Annls. Sci. nat. Zool., (3)2: 48 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for audouinii Gervais 1836 [originally in Platyulus]). Opinion 1065
audouinii Gervais 1836 [originally in Platyulus], L’Institut, (1)4(190): 435 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1065
Augochlora Smith 1853, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part 1 (Andrenidae and Apidae), p. 73 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Cockerell 1923, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9)11: 448: Halictus purus Say 1837) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1952
AUGOCHLORINI Beebe 1925, Zoologica, 6: 102 (type genus: Augochlora Smith 1853), ruled under the plenary power that this name and other family-group names based on Augochlora are to be given precedence over OXYSTOGLOSSINI Schrottky 1909 and other family-group names based on Oxystoglossa Smith 1853 whenever their type genera are placed in the same familygroup taxon (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1952
Augopette Holmberg 1918, Physis (Buenos Aires), 4: 153 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Aulacorhynchus Dittmar 1872, Verh. Russ. Min. Ges. St. Petersburg, (2)7: 2 (a junior homonym of Aulacorhynchus Gould 1834). Direction 44
Aulacorhynchus Gould 1834, Monogr. Ramphastidae, Add. to Introd.: 2 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Pteroglossus sulcatus Swainson July 1820, Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, 9(18): 267) (Aves). Opinion 67
AULACOSCELINAE Chapuis 1874 (Insecta, Coleoptera, ORSODACNIDAE or CHRYSOMELIDAE): name not conserved. ICZN 2010: Opinion 2242 (Case 3398)
AULACOSTEPHANIDAE Spath 1924, Pal. ind. (n.s.), 9 (Mem. 1): 13 (type genus: Aulacostephanus Tornquist 1896), for use by those who consider that Aulacostephanus Tornquist and Pictonia Bayle 1878 belong to different family-group taxa (Cephalopoda). Direction 14
Aulacostephanus Tornquist 1896, Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges., 23: 5, 7 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Ammonites pseudomutabilis de Loriol 1874, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève, 23: 28, pl. 5, figs. 1-3) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 302
Aulacotetartos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 571 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Aulocera Butler 1867, Entomol. mon. Mag., 4: 121 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard 1844, in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde, 4: 22) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 278
aura Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Vultur], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 86 (specific name of the type species of Cathartes Illiger 1811 and of Catharista Vieillet 1816, as confirmed by Opinion 62) (Aves). Direction 43
aurantia Alder & Hancock 1842 [originally in Eolis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 9: 34 (Gastropoda). Opinion 777
aurantiaca Alder & Hancock 1851 [originally in Eolis], Mon. brit. nud. Moll., fam. 3: pl. 27 (an unjustified emendation of aurantia, Eolis, Alder & Hancock 1842). Opinion 777
aurantii Howard 1894 [originally in Coccophagus], Insect Life, 6: 231 (specific name of the type species of Prospaltella Ashmead 1904) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 845
Aurantium Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 100 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
aurantium Pallas 1766 [originally in Alcyonium], Elenchus Zoophytorum: 357 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1182 of the type species of Tethya Lamarck [1814]) (Porifera). Opinion 1182
aurata Fabricius 1787 [originally in Buprestis], Mantissa insectorum ..., vol. 1, p. 178, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis aurata Pallas 1776 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
aurata Pallas 1776 [originally in Buprestis], Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches in den Jahren 1768-1774, p. 719 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
aurata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Sparus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 277 (specific name of the type species of Sparus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 34
auratus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cuculus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 112 (specific name of the type species of Colaptes Swainson 1825) (Aves). Direction 43
Aurelia Lamarck 1816, Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 2: 512-514 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Medusa aurita Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 660) (Scyphozoa). Opinion 515
AURELIDAE Agassiz 1862, Contrib. nat. Hist. U.S.A., Monogr. 2 (3): v, 80, 150 (type genus: Aurelia Lamarck 1816) (an incorrect original spelling for AURELIIDAE Agassiz 1862). Opinion 515
AURELIIDAE (correction of AURELIDAE) Agassiz 1862, Contrib. nat. Hist. U.S.A., Monogr. 2 (3): v, 80, 150 (type genus: Aurelia Lamarck 1816) (Scyphozoa). Opinion 515
Aurellia Péron & Lesueur [1810], Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 14(83): 357 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 515
aureoviridis Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Buprestis], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 77 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
aureus Hablizl 1783 [originally in Vultur], in Pallas, Neue nord. Beytr., 4: 64 (valid name at the date of Direction 81 of the type species of Gypaetus Storr 1784) (Aves). Direction 81.
aurichalcea Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Buprestis], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 77 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
aurichalcea Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicindela], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 76 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
auricoma Müller 1776 [originally in Amphitrite], Zool. dan. Prodr.: 216 (specific name of the type species of Amphictene Savigny 1822) (Polychaeta). Opinion 1225
auricomis Latham 1801 [originally in Muscicapa], Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae, p. 49, suppressed under the plenary power for the Purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Aves). Opinion 2240
auricomus Cameron 1929 [originally in Staphylinus], Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 18(1): 65, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of S. auricomus Brullé 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
Auricularia Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 62 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
auricularia Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Forficula], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 423 (specific name of the type species of Forficula Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Dermaptera). Direction 64
auricularia Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Helix], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 774 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
auricularius Spengler 1793 [originally in Unio], Skr. naturh. Selsk. Kbh., 3(1): 54 (Bivalvia). Opinion 495
auriculata Müller 1776 [originally in Doris], Zool. dan. Prodr.: 229 (valid name at the date of Opinion 775 of the type species of Facelina Alder & Hancock 1855) (Gastropoda). Opinion 775
Auriculigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
aurifer Drury 1773 [originally in Curculio], Illustrations of natural history, vol. 1, p. 380 (specific name of the type species of Lachnopus Schönherr 1840) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1451
auriflamma Forsskål 1775 [originally in Mullus], Descr. Anim.: X, 30 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 846
aurifrons Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [originally in Carcelia], Mémoires présentés par divers savants à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de l’Institut de France. Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques, (2)2: 182 (specific name of the type species of Senometopia Macquart 1834) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2307
aurigerus Oppel 1857 [originally in Ammonites], Württemb. naturw. Jahreshefte, 13: 178 (p. 476 of the reprint under the title Die Juraformation Englands, Frankreichs und der Südwestlichen Deutschlands) (specific name of the type species of Siemiradzkia Hyatt 1900) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 301
auris Defrance 1824 [originally in Peneroplis], Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, vol. 32, p. 178 (specific name of the type species of Planularia Defrance 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1571
aurismalchi Müller 1774 [originally in Helix], Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium ..., vol. 2, p. 112 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1662
aurita Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cicada], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 435 (specific name of the type species of Ledra Fabricius 1803) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 299
aurita Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Medusa], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 660 (specific name of the type species of Aurelia Lamarck 1816) (Scyphozoa). Opinion 515
aurita Valenciennes 1847 [originally in Sardinella], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poiss., 20: 263 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 901
auritus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Labrus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 283 (specific name of the type species of Lepomis Rafinesque 1819) (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Opinion 1684
auritus Gray 1829 [originally in Podargus], in Griffith’s Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 7: 114 & pl. (specific name of the type species of Batrachostomus Gould 1838) (Aves). Direction 43
aurobyssus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Curculio], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 68 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
aurofasciata Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Leptura], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 74 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
auropilosa Spinola 1853 [originally in Exomalopsis], Memoire della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, (2)13: 89 (senior synonym of Exomalopsis fulvopilosa Spinola 1853, specific name of the type species of Exomalopsis Spinola 1853) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2070
auropunctatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Carabus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 79 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
austeni Edwards 1915 [originally in Simulium], Bulletin of Entomological Research, 6: 33 (Insecta, Diptera) not to be given precedence over Simulium posticatum Meigen 1838. Opinion 1508
australasiae Fabricius 1775 [originally in Scorpio], Systema entomologiae, p. 399 (specific name of the type species of Liocheles Sundevall 1833) (Arachnida). ICZN 1988: Opinion 2037
australe Gmelin 1791 [originally in Buccinum], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3490 (specific name of the type species of Phasianella Lamarck 1804) (Gastropoda). Opinion 630
australiae Frauenfeld 1867 [originally in Cingula], Reise der Fregatte Novara um die Erde, 1857-59, Zool. Theil, 2(3), Mollusca: 14 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1181 of the type species of Subestea Cotton 1944) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1181
australica Sars 1908 [originally in Calamoecia], Arch. math. Naturvidensk., 29(7): 12 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 1332
australiensis Haswell 1882 [originally in Dromia], Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 6(4): 755 (specific name of the type species of Dromidiopsis Borradaile 1900) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 688
australiensis Bolivar 1898 [originally in Trigoniza], Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 39: 95 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1489
australis Shaw 1813 [originally in Apteryx], Nat. Miscell., 24: pl. 1057 (specific name of the type species of Apteryx Shaw 1813) (Aves). Direction 43
australis Searle 1911[originally in Brunella], Victorian Nat., 27: 176 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 1332
australis Kerr 1792 [originally in Canis], Anim. Kingd.: 144 (Mammalia). Opinion 452
australis Klug 1838 [originally in Chorista] Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836: 101 (specific name of the type species of Chorista Klug 1836) (Insecta, Mecoptera). Opinion 2047
australis Ludwig 1875 [originally in Colochirus], Arb. zool.-zoot. Inst. Würzburg, 2(2): 12, 13 (Holothuroidea). Opinion 762
australis Simon 1886 [originally in Damon], Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, 11: 575-576 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Arachnida). Opinion 2108
australis Rhoads 1896 [originally in Giraffa camelopardalis], Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1896: 518 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1138
australis Thomson 1895 [originally in Microgaster], Opuscula Entomologica, p. 2241 (specific name of the type species of Microgaster Latreille 1804) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1510
australis Heydenreich 1851 [originally in Nematois], Lepidopterorum Europaeorum Catalogus Methodicus, p. 131, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the name Tinea aldrovandella Villers 1789 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2131
australis Walker 1856 [originally in Oxycanus], List lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. (7): 1574 (specific name of the type species of Oxycanus Walker 1856) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 267
australis Cameron 1943 [originally in Philonthus], Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11)10: 342, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of P. australis MacLeay 1873 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
australis MacLeay 1873 [originally in Philonthus], Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, 2: 139 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2053
australis Gmelin [1789] [originally in Sterna], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 608 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 409, Opinion 1252
australis Walker 1853 [originally in Termes], List Specs. neuropt. Ins. Coll. brit. Mus. (3): 525 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1310
australis Laseron 1955 [originally in Tolema], Proc. R. zool. Soc. N.S.W., 1953-54: 70, 71, figs. 1, 2 (specific name of the type species of Tolema Iredale 1929) (Gastropoda). Opinion 911
austriacus Schrank 1776 [originally in Cimex], Beytr. z. Naturg.: 78 (specific name of the type species of Bellocoris Hahn 1834) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 248
Austrocochlea Fischer 1885, Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie conchyliologique, p. 820 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Monodonta constricta Lamarck 1822) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1930
Austroicetes Uvarov 1925, Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 1924: 271 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Epacromia pusilla Walker 1870, Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit.Mus., 4: 778) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 357
Autodax Boulenger 1887, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)19: 67 (a junior objective synonym of Aneides Baird [1849]). Opinion 377
Autodon Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 559 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Autogoniodes Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 590 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
autographus Ratzeburg 1837 [originally in Bostrichus], Die Forst-Insecten ... Erster Theil, Die Käfer: 194, 195 (specific name of the type species of Dryocoetes Eichhoff 1864) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1145
Automate de Man 1888, Arch. Naturgesch., 53(1): 529 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Automate dolichognatha de Man 1888, Arch. Naturgesch., 53(1): 529) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470